{"id":587410,"date":"2026-02-22T23:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T23:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/587410\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T23:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T23:40:16","slug":"sandy-alcantara-deyvison-de-los-santos-discuss-spring-training-debuts-miami-marlins-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/587410\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandy Alcantara, Deyvison De Los Santos discuss spring training debuts – Miami Marlins Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJUPITER, FL\u2014On Sunday afternoon,\u00a0Sandy Alcantara<\/a> and the Miami Marlins took the field at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium for the first time in 2026. It would take three hours and 41 minutes for them to finally leave the field. In what should wind up being one of the longest and highest-scoring games of Marlins spring training, the Nationals defeated them by a final score of 16-8.\n<\/p>\n

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\tSandy Alcantara still working through new sweeper<\/p>\n

\n\tAlcantara cruised through the Grapefruit League in 2025, allowing zero earned runs through five starts. The process won’t be as smooth this time around\u2014in his lone inning of work against Washington, he threw 28 pitches, allowing three runs on two hits (one home run), walked one and struck out one.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe right-hander called his first start “frustrating,” saying he thought it would go much better. A big offseason development for him was adding a sweeper, but that pitch failed him on Sunday when Brady House took one deep for a three-run homer.\n<\/p>\n

\n\t“It was a two-strike count and I was trying to throw my best sweeper ever,” Alcantara said following his start. “Just left it in the middle and when you miss, you pay.”\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAlthough Alcantara has been throwing his sweeper for months in bullpen and pitch design sessions, that doesn’t compare to a game environment. He admitted that he doesn’t fully trust it.\n<\/p>\n

\n\t“I think it’s about consistency, but I have to keep improving, throwing a couple more bullpens, but everything will be good.”\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Marlins used 10 pitchers in relief of Alcantara: Lake Bachar<\/a>, Brayan Mendoza<\/a>, Tyler Zuber<\/a>, Evan McKendry<\/a>, Liomar Mart\u00ednez<\/a>, Justin King<\/a>, Samuel Vasquez<\/a>, RJ Shunck<\/a>, Dale Stanavich<\/a> and Jake Walkinshaw<\/a>.\u00a0As a group, the pitching staff walked 13 hitters and threw eight wild pitches.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\tNew bats on the block<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Marlins’ starting outfield was comprised entirely of offseason acquisitions:\u00a0Esteury Ruiz<\/a> (acquired from Dodgers) in left, Dillon Lewis<\/a> (Yankees) in center and Owen Caissie<\/a> (Cubs) in right. In two plate appearances apiece, Caissie struck out twice and so did Lewis, while Ruiz worked two walks.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the bottom of the ninth inning, Brendan Jones<\/a>\u00a0(Yankees) hit the club’s first home run of the spring. In that same inning, prospect Ethan O’Donnell<\/a>\u00a0(Reds)\u00a0hit a grand slam.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t“I think that’s the great part about spring training,” said Marlins manager Clayton McCullough. “There are so many players in our camp that have come through the system or that we’ve acquired recently earn an opportunity and to have them in camp, give them some opportunity to run and play a little bit. Certainly, there are a lot of players in here that in the near future we’re counting on to be able to come up and help us in Miami.”\n<\/p>\n

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\t“Different” Deyvison De Los Santos<\/p>\n

\n\tThe lone Marlin to have a multi-hit performance thus far has been Fish On First’s No. 28 prospect, Deyvison De Los Santos<\/a>. He finished the day with two singles, the second driving in Liam Hicks.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDe Los Santos is coming off a disappointing season in Triple-A, slashing .240\/.313\/.359\/.672 with 12 home runs, 54 RBI and an 85 wRC+. This was after a 40-homer season in 2024.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThis past offseason, De Los Santos went to the Dominican Winter League<\/a> with the\u00a0Gigantes del Cibao. In 44 games, he slashed .309\/.365\/.475\/.840 with five home runs and 28 RBI.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen FOF asked De Los Santos what he worked on this offseason, it wasn’t anything mechanical or even baseball-related\u2014it was on the mental side.\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019d say what I need to improve is my mindset and my maturity,” De Los Santos said in Spanish. “I focused on that, I matured, and that\u2019s what I\u2019m applying here.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMcCullough after the game spoke on how De Los Santos has carried himself and described it as “seeing a different Deyvison,” noting he’s the first one at the Jupiter Academy every day and he’s “putting his hard hat on and going to work.”\n<\/p>\n

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\tQuick notes<\/p>\n

\n\t– Sandy Alcantara is expected to make just one more spring training start before he joins the Dominican Republic for the World Baseball Classic.\n<\/p>\n

\n\t– Free agent signings Chris Paddack and John King are expected to make their spring debuts this week.\n<\/p>\n

\n\t– The expectation is that Janson Junk (Grade 1 right ankle sprain)<\/a>\u00a0will work off a mound at some point this upcoming week.\n<\/p>\n

\n\t– On MLB Network Radio, McCullough said Marlins pitchers have NOT been given permission to challenge pitches. Only the catcher.\n<\/p>\n

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\tWhat’s next?<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Marlins remain in Jupiter Monday afternoon as they play visitor to the St. Louis Cardinals with Eury P\u00e9rez starting the game and Max Meyer will follow him. They will throw just one inning each. First pitch is at 1:10 pm and this game will be televised<\/a> on\u00a0Cardinals.TV and MLB Network. You can listen to it on MLB.com.\n<\/p>\n

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